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Birgit Fuerst-Waltl

Birgit Fuerst-Waltl

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
23
Citations
1706
World Ranking
3083
National Ranking
32

Overview

Birgit Fuerst-Waltl is affiliated with BOKU University in Austria and conducts research primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly work focuses heavily on livestock genetics, animal welfare, nutrition, and physiology.

The scientist's research spans a multidisciplinary range of subfields including Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals, and Food Science. This breadth supports detailed investigations into genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, animal behavior and welfare studies, environmental stressors affecting livestock, milk quality and mastitis in dairy cows, reproductive physiology, and ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology.

Fuerst-Waltl's frequently studied topics comprise:

  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
  • Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Animal Nutrition and Physiology

Recent publications demonstrate a focus on dairy cattle welfare, feeding behavior, disease risk prediction, and milk composition. Representative papers include:

  • Strategies for keeping dairy cows and calves together - a cross-sectional survey study (2022, animal)
  • Comparing the effects of silage and hay from similar parent grass forages on organic dairy cows' feeding behavior, feed intake and performance (2020, Animal Feed Science and Technology)
  • The Combined Use of Automated Milking System and Sensor Data to Improve Detection of Mild Lameness in Dairy Cattle (2023, Animals)
  • Integrating diverse data sources to predict disease risk in dairy cattle-a machine learning approach (2021, Journal of Animal Science)
  • Hay versus silage: Does hay feeding positively affect milk composition? (2021, International Dairy Journal)

Fuerst-Waltl frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including C. Egger-Danner, J. Kofler, Andreas Haselmann, Werner Zollitsch, and Qendrim Zebeli, reflecting a collaborative research environment that supports a varied and translational approach to animal science.

Publication venues where Fuerst-Waltl's work appears regularly include the Journal of Dairy Science, Animals, animal, International Dairy Journal, and Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde.

Best Publications

  • Effects of age and environmental factors on semen production and semen quality of Austrian Simmental bulls.

    Birgit Fuerst-Waltl;Hermann Schwarzenbacher;Christa Perner;Johann Sölkner

  • Genetic analysis of reproductive disorders and their relationship to fertility and milk yield in Austrian Fleckvieh dual-purpose cows

    A. Koeck;C. Egger-Danner;C. Fuerst;W. Obritzhauser

  • Genetic analysis of clinical mastitis and somatic cell count traits in Austrian Fleckvieh cows.

    A. Koeck;B. Heringstad;C. Egger-Danner;C. Fuerst

  • Recording of direct health traits in Austria--experience report with emphasis on aspects of availability for breeding purposes.

    C. Egger-Danner;B. Fuerst-Waltl;W. Obritzhauser;C. Fuerst

  • A missense mutation in TUBD1 is associated with high juvenile mortality in Braunvieh and Fleckvieh cattle.

    Hermann Schwarzenbacher;Johann Burgstaller;Franz R. Seefried;Christine Wurmser

  • Genetic associations of lactose and its ratios to other milk solids with health traits in Austrian Fleckvieh cows.

    A. Costa;C. Egger-Danner;G. Mészáros;C. Fuerst

  • Genetic parameters for semen production traits in Austrian dual-purpose Simmental bulls.

    B Gredler;C Fuerst;B Fuerst-Waltl;H Schwarzenbacher

  • Effect of maternal age on milk production traits, fertility, and longevity in cattle.

    B. Fuerst-Waltl;A. Reichl;C. Fuerst;R. Baumung

  • Genetic analysis of calf and heifer losses in Danish Holstein.

    B. Fuerst-Waltl;M.K. Sørensen

  • Feeding forages with reduced particle size in a total mixed ration improves feed intake, total-tract digestibility, and performance of organic dairy cows.

    Andreas Haselmann;Katharina Zehetgruber;Birgit Fuerst-Waltl;Werner Zollitsch

  • Production level, fertility, health traits, and longevity in local and commercial dairy breeds under organic production conditions in Austria, Switzerland, Poland, and Sweden

    Anna Bieber;Anna Wallenbeck;Florian Leiber;Birgit Fuerst-Waltl

  • Sustainable breeding objectives and possible selection response: Finding the balance between economics and breeders' preferences.

    Birgit Fuerst-Waltl;Christian Fuerst;Walter Obritzhauser;Christa Egger-Danner

  • Comparison of different models for genetic analysis of clinical mastitis in Austrian Fleckvieh dual-purpose cows.

    A. Koeck;B. Heringstad;C. Egger-Danner;C. Fuerst

  • Evaluation of ultrasound scanning to predict carcass composition of Austrian meat sheep

    L. Grill;F. Ringdorfer;R. Baumung;B. Fuerst-Waltl

  • Genetic evaluation for length of productive life in Slovak Pinzgau cattle

    G. Mészáros;C. Fuerst;B. Fuerst-Waltl;O. Kadlečík

  • Body weight of Awassi and indigenous Ethiopian sheep and their crosses

    Y. Hassen;J. Sölkner;B. Fuerst-Waltl

  • Economic values for performance and functional traits in dairy sheep

    Birgit Fuerst-Waltl;Roswitha Baumung

  • Genetic parameter estimates for birth weight, weaning weight and average daily gain in pure and crossbred sheep in Ethiopia

    Y. Hassen;B. Fuerst‐Waltl;J. Sölkner

  • Inbreeding depression on semen quality in Austrian dual-purpose simmental bulls.

    L Maximini;B Fuerst-Waltl;B Gredler;R Baumung

  • On the genomic regions associated with milk lactose in Fleckvieh cattle.

    Angela Costa;Hermann Schwarzenbacher;Gábor Mészáros;Birgit Fuerst-Waltl

  • Pedigree analysis in the German Paint Horse: Genetic variability and the influence of pedigree quality

    Margot Siderits;Roswitha Baumung;Birgit Fuerst-Waltl

Frequent Co-Authors

Johann Sölkner
Johann Sölkner BOKU University
Christoph Winckler
Christoph Winckler BOKU University
Roswitha Baumung
Roswitha Baumung BOKU University
Werner Zollitsch
Werner Zollitsch BOKU University
Jan Tind Sørensen
Jan Tind Sørensen Aarhus University
Mauro Penasa
Mauro Penasa University of Padua
Qendrim Zebeli
Qendrim Zebeli University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Bruno Martin
Bruno Martin INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Alessandro Priolo
Alessandro Priolo University of Catania
Jan Philipsson
Jan Philipsson Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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